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UN says 2 children of Libyas Gadhafi moved to Oman in apparent violation of UN travel ban
A son and daughter of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi moved from Algeria to Oman in apparent violation of a U.N. travel ban, the committee monitoring U.N. sanctions against Libya said Tuesday. Rwanda's U.N. Ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana, who chairs the committee, told the Security Council that Algeria's U.N. Mission confirmed on June 5 that Aisha Gadhafi and Mohammed Gadhafi ...
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Zambia Zambia Opposition Demands Inquiry Into Violent Attacks
Zambian opposition parties are calling for an independent investigation into violence allegedly carried out by a militia group affiliated with President Michael Sata's ruling Patriotic Front (PF). "We are making a demand on the police to be professional, investigate what is going on and let us know whether this government wants to govern by violence, so that we can make up our minds ...
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Egypt Ethiopia Egypt Meet to Ease Nile Dam Tensions
ADDIS ABABA - Egypt and Ethiopia are taking steps to defuse tension over Ethiopia's diversion of the Nile River to construct a massive hydroelectric dam. The ministers of foreign affairs from both countries held talks in Addis Ababa on Monday and Tuesday. At issue: the tensions that rose after Ethiopia began diverting part of the Blue Nile to advance construction the Great Ethiopian ...
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Kenya Kuppet Insists Teachers Strike On Even As Learning Went Uninterrupted
Nairobi - The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) insists that secondary school teachers are on strike even as learning went on uninterrupted in most schools. KUPPET National Chairman Omboka Milemba has told Capital News that all secondary school teachers are under instructions to stay away from class until they get further directives from the Union. "The teachers must ...
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Africa G8 Urged to Fight Africa Land Grabs
JOHANNESBURG - In the last decade, international companies have acquired 11 million hectares of land in developing nations - an area larger than the nation of Ireland. The aid agency Oxfam, which released the figure, says many such acquisitions are done secretly and that residents only find out when they get their eviction notices. The group is pressing G8 leaders - who are meeting this week in ...
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Africa Malnutrition Is Still a Major Cause of Child Deaths
a recent report in the Lancet medical journal, it was cited as the reason for 45-percent of child deaths worldwide. International NGO's are calling for world leaders to focus on nutrition when addressing economic issues. The executive director of ONE, a grass roots campaign and advocacy organization, said that this year alone, two-million children will die because of a lack of proper ...
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Kenya Refugee Software Apps Selected as Finalists in Hackathon Event
Nairobi - Two projects developed by Kenyan-based software developers designed to connect refugees and victims of war have been selected as finalists in the two-day developer session "Hackathon" organized by Refugees United and Ericsson on June 15 and16 in Nairobi. The two winning projects will now be presented at Kakuma Refugee Camp on June 20 (Thursday) as part of the World Refugee ...
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Kenya Mechanics Traders Arrested During Protest
Nairobi - Dozens of traders and mechanics were arrested on Tuesday morning as they protested a move to evict them from their stalls at the Grogan area in down town Nairobi. Police used teargas to disperse the traders who found the area sealed off following a court order barring them from operating on the disputed private piece of land. There was a major stand-off as heavily armed police ...
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Africa The Promise of Africa Real or Mere Optimism
Is Africa rising? Judging by the buzz and optimism of the young business leaders and political trailblazers from across the continent who gathered for the World Economic Forum on Africa earlier this month, the answer is a qualified "yes." The African Leadership Network is emblematic of a new generation of leaders who brim with sophisticated confidence about Africa's emergence. ...
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Learning a Lesson from Libya Iraq Reconciliation Not Revenge
Even as Syria’s nightmare continues, policy makers should consider the country’s future once hostilities end. Those planning for Syria’s "day after" should learn a lesson from the past and avoid an approach just adopted in Libya, and before that in Iraq, that will widen divisions rather than heal the wounds. Libya’s parliament recently voted to bar many ...
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UPDATE 2-Gunvor builds Africa presence with Gabon fuel trading deal
Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:47pm EDT * African fuels market one of world's fastest growing * Gunvor seeks to support trading ops with new assets * Rivals such as Vitol, Trafigura also have large African presence (Releads with Gunvor confirmation, comment) By Jean-Rovys Dabany and Emma Farge LIBREVILLE/GENEVA, June 18 (Reuters) - Switzerland's Gunvor has signed a deal with Gabon to create a ...
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Taliban Opens Office For Talks with US Afghan Government
Muhammad Naeem (L), a spokesman for the Office of the Taliban of Afghanistan, speaks during the opening of the Taliban Afghanistan Political Office in Doha, June 18, ...
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Security Transfer Sparks Pride Concern Among Afghans
ISLAMABAD -- Afghans welcomed their national forces taking responsibility of security across the country, ending 12 years of US and NATO-led control. Many are concerned about the Afghan security forces’ logistic capabilities to face down violent militant networks operating in the country. Barely an hour before a simple closed door ceremony was held here in Kabul marking the transfer of ...
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Senior US General Encouraged by News of Taliban Talks
PENTAGON -- The White House announced Tuesday that U.S. representatives will open direct talks with Taliban representatives in Doha, Qatar, within the next few days, aimed at finding a political solution to the Afghan war. The announcement is being welcomed by the commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, U.S. Marine General Joseph Dunford. General Dunford said his forces had no ...
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Berlin Program Helps Minorities Enter Workforce
BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel caused a stir three years ago when she declared the country's integration policies a failure. Since that time, though, several new programs have sprung up with the aim of giving immigrants a fair shot at a career in Europe's largest economy. One such program is called "Berlin Needs You," and it has been successful placing minority ...
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HRW Tanzanian Police Abuses Block HIV Progress
a report published Tuesday by Human Rights Watch . According to the new findings, widespread police abuse against sex workers, drug users, and men who have sex with men is a major hindrance in tackling the spread of the deadly virus. "Key populations are not being reached," says Human Rights Watch researcher Neela Ghoshal. "Sex workers are beaten and raped by police, often ...
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US-EU Set to Pursue Trade Deal Possibly World’s Biggest
LONDON -- At the G8 Summit in Britain, President Barack Obama and European leaders announced the start of an effort to reach what is being called the biggest trade deal in history. Officials are focusing on regional trade agreements because the long effort to reach a new global trade deal is stalled. British Prime Minister David Cameron stood with U.S. President Barack Obama and European ...
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IMF sees strong Ghana growth if vulnerabilities addressed decisively
ACCRA, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:36pm EDT ACCRA, June 18 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it saw strong growth potential in Ghana if macroeconomic vulnerabilities are addressed and urged the country to take decisive action to rebuild fiscal and external buffers and reduce public debt. "Directors underscored the need for decisive action to rebuild fiscal ...
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South Africa want to reverse the ball to swing it like England
AB de Villiers is prepared to give England the benefit of the doubt over accusations that the Champions Trophy hosts have been guilty of ball-tampering. Ashley Giles, ...
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Kenya Farmers want State officers in Sh500m NCPB saga probed
This follows revelations to the Public Investment Committee yesterday that powerful people in Government were behind the Sh500 million award against the grain supplier. ...
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Kenya Kibakis office cash diverted to teachers
NAIROBI, KENYA: Public school teachers agitating for pay won a first round victory on Tuesday when Parliament secured more than Sh4 billion for their ...
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Kenya Farmers block project in pay dispute
The farmers alleged that the water provision body constructed sewerage pipes in their farms and despite a valuation that was conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture last January, they are yet to be compensated. The farmers, through their spokesman, Mr Wambugu Nyamu, said the board duped farmers that they will be compensated for the crops destroyed. "They also claimed that the Government ...
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Kenya Kaimenyi calls for more time makes it clear teachers demands will be met but not now
MOMBASA, KENYA: Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi has asked the teachers unions to allow time for dialogue instead of asking teachers to boycott ...
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Kenya Children who can only see in the dark
children , shows squinted and fast-blinking eyes during the day but at dusk, the eyes return to normal. Ms Litei, who lives with her family at Kapchebogel village at the edge of Kasisit escarpment in Baringo North District, Baringo County says her ...
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Kenya Ruto wins ICC plea not to attend court
ICC trial due to start on September 10, a three-judge bench ruled that Ruto would be required to attend court during key parts of the trial, such as the opening and closing statements, but not throughout as is customary. Ruto and President Uhuru Kenyatta, elected on a joint ticket in March, face charges of orchestrating violence after the previous election five years ago, in which 1,200 people ...
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